Healthcare assistant

About this practice suite

This suite prepares candidates for healthcare assistant selection in the healthcare and clinical education sector with 5 skill areas: situational judgment, verbal reasoning, attention and concentration, safety judgment and data checking and clerical accuracy. Every question was written by Novus editors for this suite — none are taken from live or leaked exams — and the full bank holds 52 scored questions across three modes, plus 8 reserve questions used to vary repeat attempts. Answer keys never ship to the browser: your answers are scored server-side, and results stay on your device.

Skills this suite practises

• Situational judgment — Evaluating workplace responses against role-relevant principles.
• Verbal reasoning — Drawing conclusions from written information without relying on outside assumptions.
• Attention and concentration — Sustained focus, selective attention, and accuracy under time pressure.
• Safety judgment — Hazard recognition, safe sequencing, escalation, and risk controls.
• Data checking and clerical accuracy — Matching, filing, coding, record checking, and identifying discrepancies.

Sample questions from the guided bank

Two of the 10 guided-practice questions, shown exactly as they appear in a session. Answers and explanations are not printed here — keys stay on the server — so open guided practice to answer them and see how you did.

1. Before assisting with personal care, a healthcare assistant should first:

   • A. Begin without introducing themselves
   • B. Post the care plan on social media
   • C. Explain the task, check identity/consent, and protect privacy with curtains/doors
   • D. Skip hand hygiene to save time

2. A resident's call bell has been moved out of reach after bed making. Best action?

   • A. Leave it—they can shout
   • B. Place the call bell within easy reach and confirm the resident can use it
   • C. Unplug the bell to reduce noise
   • D. Tell them to wait until the next round tomorrow

Practice modes and timing

Guided practice is untimed-feeling and instructional; the mini-test is a short timed check; the full simulation mirrors a complete sitting. All three draw on separate question sets, so moving up a mode never repeats what you practised.

Study outline

Read the study outline for this suite’s skills, timings, and recommended lessons on one printable page, or download its standalone HTML file. The printable page can also be saved as a PDF from your browser.